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Gang of vehicle thieves busted; four held
Kharar, March 4 The police has also recovered a stolen Scorpio from their possession. Cops said the accused have been identified as Gurvinder Singh from Hallo Majra, Sukhwinder Singh from Ludhiana, Mukesh Kumar from Nayagaon, Gurpreet Singh from Shimla, Naim Ahmed, Taranjit Singh from Morinda and Rana from Taonsa. The accused used to hire taxis from other states. On the way, they used to intoxicate drivers and flee with vehicles. Later, they used to change the chassis number and number plate of the vehicle. —
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1 killed, another injured in pile-up
Zirakpur, March 4 The deceased has been identified as mini-truck driver Dalwinder Singh, a resident of Ropar. He was on his way to Dera Bassi from Ropar. The accident led to a traffic jam for over two hours on the highway. The police said the incident took place when a multi-axle truck, coming from Rajpura side, collided head-on with a truck coming from the Zirakpur side. The multi-axle truck was loaded with iron pipes and cement slabs. Meanwhile, a mini-truck coming from the Rajpura side rammed into the multi-axle truck. The injured were rushed to the GMCH-32 in a critical condition where the mini-truck driver died on Thursday. The body of deceased has been handed over to the family after the post-mortem. The driver of the truck managed to flee from the spot, leaving his truck behind. The police said a case of negligent driving was registered against the truck driver. |
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Cyclist dies, 8 hurt in mishaps
Kharar, March 4 The deceased has been identified as Krishan, a milkman, who was on his way to Landran on a bicycle when an unidentified vehicle hit him. In another incident, a police Gypsy, in which cops were taking a prisoner from Haryana, overturned near Daun Majra village. A pedestrian was also hurt in the mishap. In another incident, Dilbag Singh, a resident of Badala village, filed a complaint with the police alleging that some motorcycle-borne youths hit his scooter near the Badala road on Holi. He was injured and was rushed to the local civil hospital from where doctors referred him to the PGI. Jarnail Singh, a resident of Bhago Majra, also received injuries in an accident when he lost balance over his bicycle due to high beam headlights of another
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Man held with country-made pistol
Ambala, March 4 After the murder of a gangster, Rakesh, in the court complex at Ambala City on Wednesday, the police had launched a search operation throughout the district. According to information, the police had nabbed Kulwinder Singh when he was wandering near the village bus stop and recovered a country-made pistol from his possession. He was produced before a local court that remanded him to police custody for 10 days. —
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PSEB employees thrashed; two booked
Rajpura, March 4 The accused have been identified as Vijay Singh, Karam Singh and some of their relatives, who entered into heated arguments with the PSEB officials, and then allegedly started beating them up. As per the police, a team of the enforcement wing of the PSEB reached Preet Colony after they came to know about electricity thefts. They raided the houses of Vijay Singh, Karam Singh and some others and took away electricity meters, which were found to be tampered. Irate over snapping of electricity connections, area residents first gheraoed them and later started beating them up. The matter was brought into the notice of police and a case under Sections 186, 353, 354, 379, 427 and 506 of the IPC has been registered against the accused. However, no arrest has been made till the filing of this report. |
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Aditi’s dad blames lack of specialised care for her death
Our Correspondent
Ambala, March 4 Hardesh Jindal said Aditi, who worked as an interior decorator in Pune, sustained serious burn injuries in the bomb blast on February 13. “The Pune administration officials got my daughter admitted to a hospital where no doctors specialised in treating burn injuries were available. She battled for her life for 14 days but the doctor could not save her,” he added. He stated he had written letters to the prime minister and the home minister suggesting special medical squads comprising specialised doctors should be set up for such incidents. “In any future bomb blast incident the squads would be able provide specialised medical care to victims”, he said. Jindal, a chartered accountant in Ambala City, said initially her daughter had started recovering from the burn injuries but after a week her condition became serious. “The doctors at the hospital should have referred her to a better institution in the city where she could have been provided specialised medical treatment. The government should take up cases of such bomb blast victims on priority basis and they should be offered the best treatment available,” he asserted.
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IAF publicity campaign
Dera Bassi, March 4 A team led by Group Capt KK Gupta, Station Commander, 3 BRD AF, visited the college and interacted with the students. Wing Commander Bhupinder Singh delivered the motivational lecture and presented the glimpses of challenging career as an officer in the IAF to the enthusiastic students. A question-answer session cleared all queries of the students on different aspect. On this occasion, footage of combined air show by the Suryakiran of the IAF and Red Arrows of the Royal Air Force (UK) was shown to the students. Publicity material like calendars, t-shirts, pens, stickers and posters were distributed among students. —
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Cash-At-Judge’s Door Sonika Bhatia Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 4 CBI counsel BP Singh, while submitting the 20-page closure report filed by the investigating agency in court, mentioned that the agency had written to the Personnel Secretary of the Law Ministry for seeking prosecution sanction. The matter had been discussed and the Law Ministry had replied in a letter that no action was required in the case. After hearing arguments, which continued for around two hours, and the submission of a copy of the letter by the CBI, special judge Darshan Singh adjourned hearing in the case till March 13. Anupam Gupta, counsel for the Punjab and Haryana Bar Association, had filed a protest petition against the CBI’s closure report, saying it came under pressure from forces outside of the probe agency. He contended that the CBI did not show courage after it failed to get sanction from the Personnel Secretary. “The CBI did a good job in investigation as no compromise was made, but it was pressurised post-investigation from the outside,” he claimed. Gupta affirmed that the CBI was guilty of misrepresenting facts by saying it filed a closure report for want of sanction from the competent authority. “The sanction has to come from the President on the advice of the Chief Justice of India,” he stated. He argued that sanction was required to prosecute Justice Nirmal Yadav under Section 11 of the PC Act while it was not required in case of the other accused under Section 12 of the PC Act (private person abetting the offence by a public servant). “Sections 11 and 12 of the PC Act cover distinct offences,” Gupta said. Amar Singh Chahal, counsel for one of the accused, pleaded that the CBI had no evidence against the accused. He contended that it was not a case of corruption.
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Order against mall’s construction upheld
Chandigarh, March 4 The order was pronounced by the Bench of Justice Hement Gupta
and Justice Jaswant Singh on a writ petition filed by an NRI, Paramajit Singh Rai. He was seeking the court’s intervention to quash the MC’s orders of October 10, 2007, whereby the petitioner’s construction plan for setting up a shopping complex on 1.07 acres at Shahpur was turned down because of the periphery Act. The Bench in its order stated that: “Since there is no notification extending the Act over the land purchased by the petitioner in Shahpur village, the periphery Act is applicable in view of the adaptation order issued in 1968. We find the petitioner cannot seek sanction of building plans in terms of rules in respect of the area, which is governed by the Act as construction in such area is prohibited in terms of the periphery Act. “We find no illegality in the communication in refusing to sanction building plans in accordance with the amended Chandigarh Administration (Erection and Re-erection Buildings) Rules 2006 extended to the acquired abadi of the village which stood included in the MC.” The order added that the petitioner could not seek sanction of the building plans in respect of the land purchased by him.
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Husband, mother-in-law get 7-year RI
Tribune News Service
Ropar, March 4 The court has awarded sentence to Tarlok Singh and his mother Surinder Kaur for allegedly killing former’s wife, Inderjit Kaur, a resident of Kahi Majra village of Nurpur Bedi. In his complaint to the police, the victim’s father, Daulat Ram, a driver with the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) posted at Anandpur Sahib, alleged that he married his daughter Inderjit Kaur to Tarlok Singh on November 8, 2003. He alleged that Inderjit’s in-laws started demanding dowry from here and tortured her on this pretext. On January 22, 2007, Daulat Ram got a call from Inderjit’s in-laws stating that she was unwell and was being taken to a private hospital at Nurpur Bedi. By the time Daulat Ram reached Nurpur Bedi, Inderjit was taken to the Ropar civil hospital. “When I reached the civil hospital, her in-laws said that she had been taken to the PGI, Chandigarh. Before I could reach the PGI, a got a call saying that she was well now and was being brought back to Ropar. However, she had died. Her in-laws misguided me,” Daulat Ram had alleged. Acting on the complaint, the police registered a case against Inderjit’s in-laws under Sections 306 and 34 of the IPC for abetment to suicide. Later, Section 306 was converted to section 304-B of the IPC.
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Company told to pay Rs 12,000
Chandigarh, March 4 He had also informed the company about his changed address. However, he received a cheque of Rs 3,999 and the amount of MRI bill was deducted. The cheque was sent to his Chandigarh address and not the changed address and even his name was wrongly mentioned as “Sumesh” on the cheque. He returned the wrong cheque, but did not get any response. Thereafter, he contacted the company again and received an email on August 26, 2009, from the company, stating that his claim for Rs 2,750 for the MRI was admissible, but a letter from the NFL was needed and when he contacted the NFL over telephone regarding the same, they said the necessary correction was sent to the company that had been denied by them. The forum found that the documents confirmed that the complainant had taken the medi-claim policy from Genins India Limited in the name of Sumedh Pathak and not of Sumesh Pathak. It, thus, directed the company to pay Rs 6,849 to the complainant, along with Rs 3,000 as compensation, for causing him mental and physical harassment. The complainant would also be entitled to Rs 2,200 as cost of litigation.
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HC: Accused students deserve no compassion
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 4 The freshers were forced to indulge in obscene acts after stripping before a number of spectators. The judgment held that according to PU rules, the students would appear in examination after two years were over. The allegedly erring students, Baldev Raj and others, had earlier challenged the Panjab University orders expelling them from the department and hostel. Going into the background, they had asserted that three first-year students had filed a complaint with the Dean Student Welfare, alleging that seniors called them and forced them to take off their clothes on August 9, 2008. The seniors also photographed them on mobile phones. Subsequently, six students were expelled from university and hostel. The six students asserted that some other students ragged three juniors. Though they were present at the spot, they were not involved in ragging. On August 11, 2008, three junior students had given in writing that no action be taken against the six students as they were not involved in ragging. After hearing the arguments, Justice Kohli held that it was apparent that the expelled students had managed to procure a letter from the ragging victims for withdrawal of complaint submitted to Dean Student Welfare. They also tendered an apology and undertook to not indulge in such activities in future. The varsity counsel argued that a student expelled from a college could not be readmitted to the same or any other college without approval of Syndicate and could not be allowed to appear in examinations during the current and subsequent academic year. Justice Kohli held that expulsion was for a period of two years and the petitioner students would have to suffer this punishment.
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1 booked under NDPS Act
Mohali, March 4 The unidentified person was trying to handover the packet to Manoj, who was lodged in the lockup room of the court complex. The suspect fled from the spot when the cops noticed him.
Kidnapping
The Nayagoan police has booked an unidentified person for allegedly kidnapping an eight-year-old girl from Janta Colony, Nayagoan. The police has registered a case after an year, when the mother of the girl approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking registration of the case.
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3 held, 5 booked in cheating cases
Chandigarh, March 4 In his complaint lodged with the police, Parwinder Singh, a resident of Sector 35, alleged that Harpreet Singh of Mohali and Vikas of Dhanas, both car dealers, were travelling in a Tavera, which had a fake registration number. The police arrested the accused on the road dividing Sectors 35 and 36 on Wednesday. A case has been registered. Similarly, Satya Prakash of Mani Majra filed a complaint with the police alleging that Manminder Singh of Mani Majra had taken Rs 5.10 lakh from him in advance to sell his house in 2007. But he neither sold the house nor returned his money. The police has arrested the accused after registering a case of cheating. In another incident, Naresh Kumar of Sector 34 reported to the police that Sanjay Kumar, manager, Om Sai Nath Company, Sector 9, had taken Rs 1.25 lakh from him in October last year. He promised to pay Rs 8,040 per month to him, but the cheque given by him was dishonoured by the bank. A case has been registered. In yet another cheating case, Vandana Sidhu of Punjab and Sindh Bank Society in Sector 49 alleged that her relatives Gursimran Singh Sidhu, Mohanjit Kaur, Nur Dhariwal and Rajbir, all residents of Sector 9, had prepared forged document and obtained a passport on her address. A case has been registered in this connection following the court’s direction.
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Two arrested for stealing laptop
Chandigarh, March 4 Kamaljit Singh of Sector-37 reported that his laptop was stolen from his residence. The accused, Ramnik Verma and Trun Bhardwaj, both residents of Sector 37, were nabbed on Wednesday. The police has recovered the laptop from their possession. A case under Sections 454, 380 and 411 of the IPC has been registered.
Injured
A motorcyclist Anil Kumar of Sector 20 sustained injuries after allegedly being hit by a Maruti car (CH 03 W 9482) near Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, on Wednesday night. He was admitted to the Sector 32 Government Medical College and Hospital. The police has booked the car driver, Manbir Singh of Sector 20-B, on charges of causing injuries due to rash and negligent driving.
Mobile stolen
Prem Chand of Chaman Colony, Dhanas, reported to the police alleging that someone had stolen his mobile phone from Sabzi Mandi, Sector 15, on Wednesday.
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City’s Ranjit Singh leads in PGTI event
Panchkula, March 4 Ranjit, who is a regular at the Panchkula greens, made the most of his course knowledge making all fairways and firing eight birdies to leave his nearest rival, Dinesh Raghuvanshi of Pune, three strokes behind at 68. Chandigarh’s seasoned Harmeet Kahlon was another stroke behind at 69. Starting from the 10th hole, Ranjit missed easy birdie putts on the first two holes and then played a poor chip shot to concede a bogey in the next hole. The city golfer overcame this poor start by recording a hat-trick of birdies on the 14, 15th and 16th. Yet another birdie on the 18th saw him take the turn at three under 33. Ranjit played a flawless back nine studded with four birdies to finish the day at seven under 65. He fired a perfect six iron shot to picket his final birdie on the last hole. Delighted at his performance, Ranjit said: “I play a lot on this course and, therefore, I can say that I enjoyed the advantage of local knowledge. I have made some changes to my posture recently and I think that has contributed to my good score today. Even though I had an outstanding opening round, I think my chipping still needs some improvement.” Dinesh Raghuvanshi fired seven birdies against three bogeys to be placed second at four under 68. Raghuvanshi said: “I hit it very close on all par five holes and, therefore, made birdies on all of them. I also did not miss out on any putt barring two putts on the first and third.” Harmeet Kahlon, another Chandigarh-based professional, occupied the third slot with a three under 69 card. Kahlon’s round featured five birdies and two bogeys. Mohd Sanju, Raju Singh, Raju Ali Mollah, Gaurav Pratap Singh, Om Prakash Chouhan and Mohd Siddikur Rahman have claimed the fourth position with identical scores of two under 70. Mukesh Kumar shot three over 75 to grab a share of 37th place, while Gaurav Ghei ended the day in tied 49th with a score of four over 76. |
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T-20 meet
Panchkula, March 4 School principal Jaya Bhardwaj said all matches would be played on the newly laid turf and added that the Hansraj Cricket The academy would also give prizes along with trophies to winners and runners-up teams with individual mementoes, she added. The principal said the interested teams should deposit their entries by March 7. — TNS |
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Meeting
Mohali, March 4 Deputy Commissioner Jaspal Mittal, SDM RPS Walia, Estate Officer Balbir Singh, SP (city) Sukhwant Singh Gill, and senior vice-president of Kings XI Punjab Arvinder Singh were present at the meeting. |
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